Markus Akermann

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    Markus Akermann, CEO, Holcim Ltd, Switzerland – welcome on behalf of the Holcim Foundation and its sponsor

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    Markus Akermann, Chairman of the Management Board of the Holcim Foundation, and CEO of Holcim Ltd, Switzerland

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    Unveilling of the new headquarters of Development Alternatives in Delhi - Ashok Khosla (DA) with Markus Akermann (CEO of Holcim Ltd)

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    Global Holcim Innovation prize jury meeting 2012, Zurich, Switzerland: Sujit Ghosh, Markus Akermann and Vanderley M John.

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    Holcim Awards Silver 2011 Latin America for "Sustainable post-tsunami reconstruction master plan", Constitución, Chile. Prize presentation (l-r): Carolyn Aguilar, Head of Jury and Dean of Architecture, Universidad Iberoamericana (UIA); Markus Akermann, CEO, Holcim Ltd; winners Alejandro Aravena, Juan Cerda and Diego Torres of ELEMENTAL S.A.

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    Markus Akermann, Chairman of the Management Board of the Holcim Foundation and CEO of Holcim Ltd welcomes guests to the Holcim Awards 2008 Asia Pacific ceremony at the India Center, New Delhi.

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    Holcim Awards Gold 2008 Asia Pacific presentation (l-r): CEO Huaxin Cement, Yeqing Li; award-winner Yue Zhang; CEO Holcim Ltd and Chairman Holcim Foundation, Markus Akermann.

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    On the turn of the Holcim Awards competition cycles - CEO of Holcim Ltd and Chairman of the Management Board of the Holcim Foundation, Markus Akermann (Switzerland)

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    (l-r) Paul Hugentobler, Member of the Executive Committee of Holcim Ltd with responsibility for Asia Pacific, and Markus Akermann, former CEO of Holcim at the Regional Holcim Awards 2011 Asia Pacific.

Markus Akermann is former CEO of Holcim and was Chairman of the Management Member of the Board from its inception in 2003 until March 2012.

Last updated: May 05, 2014 Zurich, Switzerland

Markus Akermann is former CEO of Holcim.

He obtained a degree in business economics at the University of St Gallen in Switzerland in 1973 and studied economic and social sciences at the University of Sheffield in the United Kingdom.

Markus Akermann began his professional career in 1975 with a Swiss bank. He joined Holcim in 1978, where he has held a number of positions in Latin America and international cement trading.

He became a member of the Holcim Executive Committee in 1993 and was CEO from 2002 until his retirement in February 2012.

Markus Akermann was Chairman of the Management Board from the inception of the Management Board of the Holcim Foundation in 2003 until March 2012. He was a member of the Global Holcim Innovation prize jury in 2012.

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